Best Non Weightlifting Shoes

[Chris Forbis]

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Personally, I am wary of heavy squatting to great depth barefoot or in barefoot mimicking shoes. I go barefoot/Fivefingers in my gym for everything but squatting. For squats I wear my weightlifting shoes.

I really like the Sanuk brand that is mentioned in the link above. Super comfy and minimalist.

[Joe Hart]

Come on Allen...I have worn one pair of 5 fingers out wearing them in public. It does make for a good conversation piece. I would wear them all the time if it weren't for the snow in MN. Back to the thread...I have a pair of Free 5.0 trainers. Bought them when they first came out. Kind of ugly but they work. I only do METCONs in them. I have kicked around the idea of wrestling shoes too.

[Leo Soubbotine]

Asics Onitsuka Tigers gets my vote hands down.

We now have at least 10 folks wearing them at our place

[Garrett Smith]

Originally Posted by Chris Forbis

Personally, I am wary of heavy squatting to great depth barefoot or in barefoot mimicking shoes. I go barefoot/Fivefingers in my gym for everything but squatting. For squats I wear my weightlifting shoes.

I really like the Sanuk brand that is mentioned in the link above. Super comfy and minimalist.

Agreed on both points.

[Donald Lee]

Originally Posted by Garrett Smith

As soon as I get some more pairs of toe socks, my Vibrams will become my everyday shoes, right now I only wear them on weekends due to a toe sock shortage...

If you get the all-black ones with the black socks, they are less noticeable.

My all-black VFF Flows look like gorilla feet on me when I wear them with pants. They look quite stylish when I'm wearing shorts though, which I just started doing last week.

And the socks are overpriced. Injiji has a damn monopoly on plain colored, normal sized toe socks. I bought ten pairs of white socks. Every one of them has gotten a permanent brown/grey stain on the bottom after wearing them once.

[Dave Van Skike]

Originally Posted by Leo Soubbotine

Asics Onitsuka Tigers gets my vote hands down.

We now have at least 10 folks wearing them at our place

adidas sambas, use them for pretty much everyhting except squatting including walking/conditioning stuff with vest.

[Garrett Smith]

Originally Posted by Donald Lee

My all-black VFF Flows look like gorilla feet on me when I wear them with pants. They look quite stylish when I'm wearing shorts though, which I just started doing last week.

And the socks are overpriced. Injiji has a damn monopoly on plain colored, normal sized toe socks. I bought ten pairs of white socks. Every one of them has gotten a permanent brown/grey stain on the bottom after wearing them once.

There's always the rainbow-colored toe socks on EBay...

Actually, I refer to my VFFs as my "gorilla feet". Patients have all gotten a kick out of them (not literally..).

[Donald Lee]

Originally Posted by Garrett Smith

There's always the rainbow-colored toe socks on EBay...

Actually, I refer to my VFFs as my "gorilla feet". Patients have all gotten a kick out of them (not literally..).

HAHA. People are always fascinated when I wiggle my toes.

If it weren't for the price, I think it would catch on more.

[Timothy Holmes]

I love my Dunlop Volleys. I use them for everything, and they're so cheap! They might be available only in Australia, though.

Now that I'm in Canada, I'm definitely getting a pair of VFFs.

[Matthieu Hertilus]

So by the looks of all your replys it would seems as though anything classified as a sneaker would be out of the question? If not, what would you classify as a traditional sneaker (i.e. cross trainer, running [stability, motion control, etc.], basketball, etc) that is the least harmfl? It would seem as though thats the best way to look at it. I may just buy a good sneaker and lift barefoot at this rate.